Or if you hit your head and the blood vessels in your brain start to bleed the brain tissue may end.

What happens when a basketball hits your head. Symptoms can be broken down into four categories. First aid for head injuries. So the primary school I attended had these things called houses.

If your finger looks crooked or dislocated or is unbearably painful see a doctor. No but in standard four I got hit with a ball in the head while playing kick ball. It is a common basketball injury.

Even falls to the ground are non-major trauma especially if there are no rapidly developing neuro symptoms such as worsening headache vomiting slurred speech confusion sleepiness or seizures. Injuries to the lower body mostly ankle sprains Injuries to the hand fingers head face and teeth. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury TBI that happens when the brain is jarred or shaken hard enough to bounce against the skull.

That means that if you hit your head and the brain swells there will be less room for blood which could mean the brain will become even more injured. A concussion happens when you get hit in the head hard enough to cause a transient disturbance of brain function or causes your brain not to function normally. In general accidentally hitting your head in the course of everyday activities is non-major traumato the typical middle age or younger adult.

13 2010 -- Basketball was going to be Niki Popyers ticket to a good college-- until multiple concussions left her on the bench and unable to finish tests homework or even a full day. A jammed finger is swollen hard to bend and somewhat painful. Repeat injuries or multiple small bumps to the head can be just as.

It was so hard I fell. Basketball is an extremely fun fast-paced sport to play and its one of the few sports you can enjoy in your youth AND as you get older. The heaviest part of the brain puts a lot of pressure on the brainstem which can be twisted and pulled during the blow as the rest of the brain moves out of place.